Nursing Outlook
Volume 51, Issue 1 , Pages 13-19 , January 2003

Magnet hospital staff nurses describe clinical autonomy

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☆ Marlene Kramer is Vice President, Nursing, from Health Science Research Associates, Apache Junction, Arizona.

☆☆ Claudia E. Schmalenberg is a consultant from Health Science Research Associates, Tahoe City, California.

★ Reprint requests: Marlene Kramer, 3285 N. Prospector Rd, Apache Junction, AZ 85219.

PII: S0029-6554(02)05456-8

doi: 10.1067/mno.2003.4

Nursing Outlook
Volume 51, Issue 1 , Pages 13-19 , January 2003

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